Improvement in combined cotton-seed planters and cultivators



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JAMES vn.;WEIGHT, o E MARIETTA, GEORGIA.

Letters Patent No. 113,383, daad April 4, 187;.

IMPRQVEMENT iN COMBINED COTTQN-SEED PLANTERS AND CULTIVATORS.I

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whomc't may concern Beit known that I, JAMEs-A. WRIGHT, ofMarietta, in the county of Oobb and State oi" Georgia, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Coln-l biued OottcnfSeed Planter andCultivator; andl do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use ,the same, reference being had to theaccompanyingjdrawiug forming part' vtionand effective in operation,being so'constructed that it may be usedfor planting the cropand after#ward cultivating it; and j It consists in the construction andcombination of the various parts ofthe machine, as hereinafter morefully described. A

A is the beam, to theifo'rward end of which the draft is attached, andto the middle part of which is attached the lower ends of lthe, handlesB.

C is a standardthe lower end of which is attached tothe' real' end ofthe beam A, and through the ,up--

per end of which passes a round, `b', which alsojpasses through thehandles B to support them and hold them in their proper relativeposition.

Y beam A.

`F is awheel, which is pivoted' to and between thel lower ends' of thebars G, the upper ends'of which are bolt-ed to the beam A. .Y

, The upper ends of the bars Gr have two or more Vholes formed-in themAto receive the bolt -by which they are secured to thebcam A, so thatthey may be lengthened or shortened as it is desired to have the plowswork deeper or shallower in the ground.

The wheel 'F supports the weight of the stock,

and is so arranged as to follow the furrow opened byV the plow D. i H isthe seed-hopper, which is made deep and narrow and hopper-shaped, orwith iucliuedsides, as

shown in figs. l and 2.

VThe hopper H is supported by an` iron band or strap, I, which passesaround the upper part of the hopper H, and the ends of vwhich areattached to the upper part of the standard C.

rlhe upper edge of the forward side of the hopper H is. notched toreceive the rear side of the upper end of the standard G, to steady thehopper. v

'The lower end of thehopper His held to the rear-- ward, so as to bindit between the baud I and upper end. of the standard O by the bolt orpin J, attached 'to the rear end of the beam A, and the rear end or headof which `rests against the forward side of the lower part of the saidhopper H, as shown in g. 1.

,This construction allows the hopper to be conveniently detached, whendesired.

A11 iron band adjusted by a screw may be used ,upon the lower end of thehopper H for regulating the escape of the seed.

K are two bars passing down through the interior of the hopper H, andwhich have pins orl teeth k' attached to them.

'lhe bar s. K It are designed t0 keep the cotton-seed stirred up and topush it out through' the open bottorn of said hopper.

The upper ends of the bars K are pivoted' to short cranks ll, formedupon the opposite sides of the shaft L, which passes across the upperpart of thel hopper H, and the journals of which work in bearings iu theupperV part of the sides of the said hopper.

To a projecting end of the shaftL is attached, or upon it is formed, acrank, l2, to which is pivoted the upper end of the connecting-rod M,the lower end of which is pivoted to the vcrank f', formed upon orattached to the projecting end of one of the journals otz the wheel F,so that the stirrer may beopcrated by the advance of the machine.

' -Naro the covering-plows, which are formed upon or attached to thelower ends of the curved standads O, the upper ends of which projectforward and are securely bolted to the rear end of the beam A Ashereinbefore described, the machine is a cottonseed planter.

When it is to be` used as a cultivator the seed-drop ping device may bedetached and a fourth plow, P,`is

used.

The .plow P, is attached to the' lower end of the standard Q, the upperend of which is attachedto the beam A, and the draitstrain upon whichissustained by the brace 'q'.,formed upon or attached to the 1 saidstandard, and the upperend 'of 'which is securedv to the beam A.

The standard Q is bent laterally, as shown in Iig.' 2, to bring-theplow'l? into proper position with re. spect to the other plows D N N Thecurved standards to which the plows are attached can be adjusted widerapart or closer together, at pleasure., by putting leather nuts orwashers upon the bolt that holds the said standards to the stockstandard C, furrowing-plow D E c', wheel F, adjustable bars G,seed-hopper H, band I,'pin or bolt J, toothed stirrers K lc', cranks ll, shaft L, crank 12, connecting-rod M, crank f and covering-plows N4 O,

with each other, substantially as herein shown and described,'aud forthe purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the plow P Qq with 'che beam A, handles B,standard O, plow l) E e', plows N O, and adjustable gange-wl1eel F G,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

JAMES A. WRIGHT.

Witnesses B. GUTLEY,

J. M. WILSON.

